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M211209: Slides - Briefing on 10 CFR Part 53 Licensing and Regulation of Advanced Nuclear Reactors - a Caponiti Slides

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DOE Support for Advanced Reactor Licensing and Demonstration Alice Caponiti Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Deployment Office of Nuclear Energy December 9, 2021

2 National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC)

Visit https://nric.inl.gov 3 3

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Advanced Reactor Regulatory Development

• DOE NE cost-share support of industry-led initiatives to adapt and establish a regulatory framework for advanced reactors

- Technology-Inclusive Content of Applications Project (TICAP) is a risk-informed, performance-based (RIPB) approach to right-size information in a license application to increase efficiency of generating and reviewing an application

- Builds on NRC-endorsed Licensing Modernization Project systematic risk-informed process

- Opportunity for early movers to demonstrate implementation of risk-informed, performance-based approach 4 energy.gov/ne

Advanced Reactor Regulatory R&D

• NE R&D activities directly reduce technical and regulatory risks by providing the bases for the establishment of advanced reactor technology licensing technical requirements

- Establish technical insights and tools regarding radionuclide transport and release from advanced reactors, including fast reactors, gas-cooled reactors, and molten salt reactors

- Supporting NRC endorsement of codes and standards important for the manufacture of advanced reactor components

- Validation and access to priority material property data to be used in safety codes and models

• Examples include:

- Advanced fuel irradiation and performance testing

- Passive safety system testing and model validation

- Advanced materials testing and ASME Code qualification

- Modeling and Simulation Tool Development 5 energy.gov/ne

Expanded Cooperation with the Regulator

• DOE/NRC MOU on Nuclear Energy Innovation (October 2019)

- Accelerate technical and regulatory readiness to enable demonstration of innovative technologies and advanced reactor concepts

- Support sharing of technical experience and knowledge

• MOU addendum for Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (April 2020)

• MOU addendum on the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) (Feb 2021)

- Provide NRC access to infrastructure and capabilities to observe and learn about the technologies developed through NRIC

• MOU addendum to facilitate the use of advanced modeling and simulation in a regulatory environment (April 2021)

- Help overcome barriers for adoption of advanced modeling and simulation tools

- Support NRCs development of capabilities for confirmatory analysis

- Provide deep knowledge of adopted codes, training and long-term support

• DOE/NRC MOU on Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) (September 2019) 6 energy.gov/ne

Summary

• DOE programs have expanded to support a broad diversity of U.S. advanced reactor designs for near, mid, and long-term commercial demonstration

• DOE targets research and development to reduce the technical and regulatory risks associated with advanced reactor designs

• DOE will continue to support industry-led initiatives to inform regulatory frameworks for advanced reactors, including the Part 53 rulemaking process 7 energy.gov/ne

Thank you!

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